Google has given a couple of reasons for deprecating the Blog and other Search APIs, including that they were on an old infrastructure and prone to rampant abuse. They have also stated that some of the APIs will be succeeded with new versions on their new backend architecture, but they have not stated specifically which ones.
Jeremy R. Geerdes Generally Cool Guy Des Moines, IA For more information or a project quote: [email protected] If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan Church! On Jul 4, 2011, at 10:01 PM, Ravi wrote: > > Thanks for the prompt reply. I did read about the Custom search engine > API. It appears that I would have to manually add the list of websites > that I want to search. I would like to confine my search to just > blogs, but want to include all the blogs that are indexed by google. > Obviously, If i have to add it manually this is not possible. I could > have achieved it via the blog search API. Did google give any reason > as to why they were deprecating this API? In future, is there going > to be a better alternative than custom search API? > > Thanks > > Ravi. > > > On Jul 4, 12:00 am, Jeremy Geerdes <[email protected]> wrote: >> Yes. And the closest thing to an alternative at this point is the Custom >> Search API. >> >> Jeremy R. Geerdes >> Generally Cool Guy >> Des Moines, IA >> >> For more information or a project quote: >> [email protected] >> >> If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan >> Church! >> >> On Jul 3, 2011, at 10:36 PM, Ravi wrote: >> >> >> >>> Is the google blog search API being deprecated? If so, are there >>> alternatives? >> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Google AJAX APIs" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google AJAX APIs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-ajax-search-api?hl=en.
